Demonstration and Practical Visit of Power Generation, Power Transmission and Power Distribution System of BPDB Rajshahi

Abstract

Power sector is the most important sector for a developing country like Bangladesh. We can’t imagine a single day without electricity. Power sector includes generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. The government and the power sector are trying to increase the capability of generation. Bangladesh's total installed electricity generation capacity has reached nearly 15,000 Mega Watts (MW). We got the opportunity to complete our internship under Rajshahi Training Center, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). During this internship, we visited three different types of power plants and two substations. In our internship, we have visited a diesel power plant in Katakhali, Rajshahi, which is a peaking power plant and operates on peak hours. It supplies 50 MW to the national grid. Then, we visited a gas turbine power plant in Baghabari, Sirajgonj, which uses natural gas as its fuel and supplies 171 MW to national grid. After that we visited a thermal power plant in Khalishpur, Khulna, which uses Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) as its fuel to make steam and supplies 170 MW in the national grid. We achieved a clear idea of generation, transmission, distribution, control and maintenance of those power plants. Is this report, we briefly discussed about these processes that we learned during the internship. Also we discuss about protection systems and auxiliary systems of these power plants.